Leslie Church was unanimously re-elected as Chair of the Yates County Legislature on Monday.
She began her career in local government in 2000 when she was appointed to the Town of Milo Planning Board and was later elected to the Milo Town Board. In 2011, Church was elected as the first female Town of Milo Supervisor and later that year, as a member of the Yates County Legislature. She became the first woman to serve as the Vice Chair of the Yates County Legislature in 2020 and two years later, in 2022, the first woman elected Chair of the Yates County Legislature. Edward Bronson was again re-elected Vice Chairman.
Also reappointed on Monday were Emilee Miller as Clerk of the Legislature, Scott Falvey as County Attorney, Jessica Mullins as County Administrator and Budget Officer, Leigh Battin as Director of Finance, and Matthew Tantillo as Public Defender.
Chairwoman Church also made the following Standing Committee announcements:
Standing Committees
Finance
- Chair: Holgate
- Vice Chair: Flynn
- Members: Willson, Banach, Lawson, Paddock
- Responsibilities: Economic Development Planning, Purchasing Real Property, Tobacco Securitization Board, County Treasurer, Budget/Capital Planning
Government Operations
- Chair: Killen
- Vice Chair: MacKerchar
- Members: Flynn, Harper, Bronson, Holgate
- Responsibilities: Board of Elections, Cornell Cooperative Extension, County Administrator, County Attorney, County Clerk, Historian, Information Technology, Legislature, Personnel/Insurance/Risk Management, Records Management, Soil and Water Conservation District
Human Services
- Chair: Bronson
- Vice Chair: Jayne
- Members: MacKerchar, Lawson, Button, Harper
- Responsibilities: Assigned Counsel, Community Services, Conflict Defender, ProAction, Public Defender, Public Health, Social Services, Veterans Services, Workforce Development, Youth Bureau
Public Safety
- Chair: Willson
- Vice Chair: Killen
- Members: Purdy, MacKerchar, Paddock, Flynn
- Responsibilities: Animal Control, Communications, Coroners, District Attorney, Emergency Management, Jail, Justices, Probation, Sheriff, Stop DWI
Public Works
- Chair: Purdy
- Vice Chair: Button
- Members: Jayne, Holgate, Banach, Lawson
- Responsibilities: Buildings and Grounds, Highway, Recycling, Weights & Measures, Airport
Other Boards and Assignments
- Airport Council – Purdy, Paddock (Alternate)
- Audit – Chair: Flynn; Vice Chair: Paddock; Members: Willson, Banach
- CCE – Lawson, Harper (Alternate)
- Farmland Protection – Button
- Fish & Wildlife Management Board – Banach
- Flint Creek – Button
- IDA – Jayne
- INSYGHT – Lawson
- Inter-County – Purdy
- Jury Board – Killen
- Law Library – Purdy
- Marcellus Shale – Button
- ProAction – Bronson
- S2AY-Pivotal Rural Health – Bronson
- Soil & Water Board – Bronson, Paddock
- SWIO – Flynn
- Youth – Jayne
